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Microculture
Microculture refers to the specialised subgroups, marked with their own languages, ethos and rule expectations, that permeate differentiated industrial societies. A microculture depends on the smallest units of organization – dyads, groups, or local communities – as opposed to the broader subcultures of race or class, and the wider national/global culture, compared to which they tend also to be more short-lived, as well as voluntarily chosen. The study of kinesics – the nonverbal behavior of the small gathering – can be used to illuminate the dynamics of a given microculture. Precursors Georg Simmel drew a distinction between the universalist claims of ethics, and the more particularist concept of honour, which he considered linked to the specific social subworld – business or profession – in which it was rooted. His study of secrecy also looked at the micro-secret as an aspect of meaning-control within the individual microculture. Microclimate A microculture wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generalised Other
The generalized other is a concept introduced by George Herbert Mead into the social sciences, and used especially in the field of symbolic interactionism. It is the general notion that a person has of the common expectations that others may have about actions and thoughts within a particular society, and thus serves to clarify their relation to the other as a representative member of a shared social system. Any time that an actor tries to imagine what is expected of them, they are taking on the perspective of the generalized other. An alternative name of the mentally constructed idea of who an audience is without real or complete insight is imagined audience. Precursors Mead's concept of the generalised other has been linked to Adam Smith's notion of the The Theory of Moral Sentiments, impartial spectator – itself rooted in the earlier thinking of Joseph Addison, Addison and Epictectus. Adam Smith wrote: "We Conceive ourselves as acting in the presence of a person quite candi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |